Iowa Republican Reverses Course
On Normal Trading Status for China

WASHINGTON -- A key Republican congressman who opposed past trade deals with China has reversed course, encouraging business groups that they are making headway convincing lawmakers to grant Beijing permanent normal trading status.

Rep. Greg Ganske (R., Iowa), whose past opposition sprang from economic, national security and human-rights concerns, said he now favors granting China such status, which is required under a deal the U.S....